Akim Demaille writes:
> Peter> Autoconf now assumes that if you can't run a program then you
> Peter> must be cross-compiling, so you should use --host.
>
> No, it says `It doesn't work', and `if you were doing cross
> compilation, then say it loud and clear'.
>
> What kind of message would you suggest?
No message, just continue. Or maybe some message, but continue anyway.
Notice how my example didn't even use AC_CANONICAL_xxx, so the
specification of --host is completely pointless. This will confuse users.
> Peter> You will get the same failure, btw., if your build tree is on a
> Peter> noexec partition, because the test program won't run.
>
> One must be mad to run configure on such a partition. To bad for him.
:-(
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